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November 07, 2015

Stronger Than Fear: Mental Health in the Developer Community - True North PHP 2015

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  1. Stronger Than Fear
 Mental Health in the Developer Community Ed

    Finkler • @funkatron • funkatron.com/osmi True North PHP 2015 • #osmi #tnphp
  2. Economic Cost http://www.fccmh.org/resources/docs/EconomicBurdenofMentalIllness.pdf ๏ Mental health conditions are the second

    leading cause of workplace absenteeism ๏ Workers w/ depression lose 5.6 hrs/week
 Workers w/o depression lose 1.5 hrs/week ๏ Depression: $43.7 billion in absenteeism from work (200m days lost), lost productivity & direct treatment
  3. Mental Health in Tech Survey Results US Non-self employed only;

    as of 9/13/2014 http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
  4. Do you think that discussing a health issue with your

    employer would have negative consequences? Mental Physical http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
  5. Would you bring up a health issue with a potential

    employer in an interview? http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog Mental Physical
  6. Do you know the options for mental health care your

    employer provides? http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
  7. Does your employer provide resources to learn more about mental

    health issues and how to seek help? http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
  8. Is your anonymity protected if you choose to take advantage

    of mental health or substance abuse treatment resources? http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
  9. Don't know Very easy Somewhat easy Somewhat difficult Very difficult

    How easy is it for you to take medical leave for a mental health condition? http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
  10. 41%

  11. 5. Actively Engage and Educate Awareness • Resources • Promotion

    of Wellness mhprompt.org • devpressed.com • checkupapp.org
  12. Open Sourcing Mental Illness 2015 GOAL $5000 Time to goal

    2 hours Total raised $13,600 j.mp/osmi2015
  13. THE WALL OF AWESOME Brian Wisti R J de la

    Fuente Spencer Hoyt Ted M Young Diana Espino Justin Carmony Tyler Mincey A forsstrom Brion Vibber Matthew R Sparks Scott Arciszewski Adam Jenkins Alexandra H. Johnson Brian Moon Kevin Makice Jake Smith Justin T Yost Kristopher Plunkett daniel d beil Andrew L Cassell Jean Soderkvist Cameron Koczon Michael Beckwith Chris Tickner Joel A Rasmus Karen J Demerly Lisa Brewster Cresta L Cates Daniel Joye Mr Am Clyde Henning Glatter-Gotz Davi M Moreira Stephen Sauceda Daryl J Chymko Brian Fenton Timothy H Lieberman Philippe Beaudoin Evangelo S Prodromou Sharon J Cichelli Sean R Reid Nicolas Rosental FJ de Jonge John P Betley Jordan Burke Sally Lehman Chris G Smith Sean Foran Elizabeth Naramore Benjamin J Cotton Miss Laura Sanders Mr R A Stringer Mike Hall Richard Stewart M.R.Hartley Bram Van der Sype Ryan S Adams Jason Charnes Evan Coury Matthew S Perkins Derrick Snyder Mark Forscher Chris Shiflett William Golden Joel Perras Derick E Bailey Joe Kline Maggie Longshore Pradeep Krishnan Broc Seib Jacques Woodcock Cal Evans Kara Ferguson CA Hoult Vanessa Hurst Colin O'Dell M D C Pepper Patrick Allan Alice Carback Jose Diaz-Gonzalez Jad Bitar Nicholas C Duvieilh Larry E Masters David Skinner Mark Shannon Story Christopher W Brescia Mr Jeremy Burns Chris Greene William Sonnenreich Cory Fowler Nima Nekoui Juan R Basso Rodriguez Urdaneta Justin T Yost
  14. TFG